Leslie W. Hall MD, FACP

Leslie W. Hall, MD, FACP is the Executive Dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, SC, and the CEO of the Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group (effective February 2015). From 1999 – 2014, he served as a faculty member at the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Medicine. During his time on faculty at University of Missouri, he served in a number of roles including Director of the University of Missouri Health Care Office of Clinical Effectiveness (2002-2008), Chief Medical Officer for University of Missouri Health Care and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs (2008-2012), and Interim Dean of the School of Medicine (2012-2014).

Dr. Hall has developed several curricular offerings in the areas of quality improvement, patient safety and teamwork in health care. From 2005 to 2008, he served as one of two national physician advisors for Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (a Robert Wood Johnson Initiative). His research interests include analysis of the effectiveness of strategies to improve patient safety within hospitals and investigation of outcomes of quality improvement and patient safety education. Dr. Hall's clinical work is as an internal medicine hospitalist.